Oct 3, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Conventional food and agricultural production systems employ a linear “take, make, waste” approach: taking natural resources from the Earth to make food and fuel, generating waste that contaminates the soil and water, and emitting harmful pollutants. More recently, a...
Sep 13, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Seed Funded Projects, Uncategorized
Existing global energy projections underestimate the impact of climate change on urban heating and cooling systems by roughly 50% by 2099 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high, researchers report. This disparity could profoundly affect critical sustainable energy...
Jul 9, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Seed Funded Projects
An iSEE seed-funded research project that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to autonomously manage “high tunnel” food production is entering its second year at the University of Illinois Sustainable Student Farm. U. of I.’s Robot Integrated High Tunnels...
Jun 20, 2024 | Agrivoltaics Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Imagine a lesson on agriculture and sustainability packaged in vibrant colors, pixelated fields, and charming animations. Creators of the new educational agrivoltaics app, My Agrivoltaic Farm, available for download on iOS and Android, have accomplished just that. The...
Jun 17, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
Urbana, Ill. — Feeding an ever-growing human population is one of the major grand challenges we face — especially with the impact agriculture can have on climate change. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers and partners in Singapore are taking a novel...
Jun 11, 2024 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Seed Funded Projects
An interdisciplinary proposal for a “Future Metropolis Initiative” — to address urban climate threats and make cities more sustainable — has been awarded a two-year, $50,000 planning grant from the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)....